| Wet passJanuary 4 2007 at 11:38 PM |
Wayne L Hendrickson
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| How do I tell if I am getting enough/too much juice on the carpet? Sometimes it seems lke I am nt getting enough and other tiles I have it spraying it out from underneath the Cimex |
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Ralph
| Wet pass | January 5 2007, 6:58 AM |
You should always have a nice white foam over your wet pass. You should see what you just went over in order ro make a dry pass. It is almost impossible to use to much. I had a helper a few weeks ago who spilled a 5 gal bucket of Ds on a commercial job. All I did was spread it out as far as I could with the cimex and then used a blower to get the carpet dry. It was clean and looked like he never spilled a drop.
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Rick Gelinas
| Re: Wet pass | January 5 2007, 8:22 AM |
On your first pass (wet pass) you normally should be walking at a good pace. Hold the valve wide open and walk at a moderately brisk pace. Don't expect to see much, if any, foam on the wet pass. [This pass can be considered the pre-treatment and pre-agitation step.]
On your return pass (dry pass) you want to move the machine much slower. You can tap the trigger gently every other step or so to feather out just a bit more juice so that you keep the pads lubed up. On your dry pass you want to see a nice, even, light, whitening of the surface. If it starts to spit out wads of foam, you'll need to use a little less solution, or you can move the machine a little quicker. And if you don't see an even whitening of the surface, simply tap the trigger a little more to use more juice, or slow down a little as you work the machine across the carpet. [This pass is your cleaning pass.]
There are variations of methods for running the Cimex, but this approach will cover the bulk of what you'll encounter. And it can serve as a good rule of thumb to go by.
Rick Gelinas
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This message has been edited by cimex on Jan 5, 2007 8:31 AM
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| Matt
| How far... | January 6 2007, 5:05 PM |
can you go before executing the clean pass? I have used the Challenger to do encaping and almost never see foam, I spray it down one small section at a time, and make several passes. I know it must vary, but I'm just curious on avg. how fast the DS might dry up or evaporate. |
| Rick Gelinas
| Re: How far... | January 7 2007, 1:36 PM |
You can go as far as you'd like with the "wet pass". We will often walk the entire length of a building making our "wet pass". It's on the "dry pass" that we finish off the cleaning as we regulate the correct amount of solution flow to the carpet.
Rick Gelinas
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Wayne L Hendrickson
| THANKS RICK | January 9 2007, 3:48 PM |
I did a small job last night and used more than was necessary. I have been trying to get a light layer of foam on the wet pass. ZAny thooughts on the time delay before you see any foam? |
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